Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan situation is fraught with danger

The danger here is that the emergent political dimensions will undermine the prospects of economic recovery. India finds itself between the rock and a hard place in its approach to the Sri Lankan crisis. There is no question that the...

May 4, 2022

Ex-hubby allegedly kills Sri Lankan Phd student from NZ

A Sri Lankan Ph.D. student Apsara Wimalasiri was recently allegedly killed by her ex-husband in Weliweriya, while she was on...

April 14, 2022

What’s happening in Sri Lanka and how did the economic crisis start?

The island nation of Sri Lanka is in the midst of one of the worst economic crises it’s ever seen....

March 28, 2022

Indian Foreign Minister in Sri Lanka amid worst ever economic crisis & massive protests

MELBOURNE, 28 March 2022: As Sri Lanka grapples with its worst-ever economic crisis, India’s Minister for External Affairs Dr. S....

January 24, 2022

Sri Lanka nears complete economic meltdown as food shortage worsens

After its foreign currency reserves dropped to USD 1.6 billion in November last year, Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has snowballed...

March 30, 2021

Sri Lanka: Bans on burqas, cremations and Islamic schools spark fear

By Tanika Godbole, New Delhi Sri Lanka has proposed a series of policies that rights activists say target the country’s...

March 24, 2021

UNHRC passes rights resolution on Sri Lanka; China, Pakistan, Russia oppose, India, Nepal abstain

By SAT News Desk MELBOURNE, 23 March 2021: In a landmark resolution the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)...

January 12, 2021

Family of slain Sri Lankan journalist in search for justice

Photo-CJA Twelve years after Lasantha Wickrematunge was brutally killed in broad daylight in Colombo by unidentified gunmen allegedly associated with...